Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-28
THE WRECK SCOTIA.
THE PASSENGERS SAFELY LANDED
After Another Night Of Distress on the
Wrecked Steamer.

New YORK, March 26.-The wrecked
steamer Scotia, of the Fabre Line, now on
the beach fifteen miles west of Fire Island,
has been reached by the wreeking steam,
erS.
The rescue of the passengers will be pro-
ceeded with as o as possible.
A dispatch was received to-day from the
scene of the wreck by ElwOOd q Co., to
whom the vessel was consigned, stating
that the sea was smooth and the vessel
resting easy.
Another telegram stated that those pas
Sengers who were taken ashore yesterday
afternoon had returned to the wreck to
aleep. Interpreter Theilley was wired for
early this morning to go to the wreck as
the Italians were getting bOisterous and
unruly. Manager Terkuile did not say
anything about the ship and it was pre-
sumed at the office that this implied that
with the above exception everything Was
all right.
The vessel is fully insured, the Board of
Underwriters say, and the cargo Is worth
$50, 600. also insured. II consists OF ltal-
ian merchandise and fruits.
A dispatch from Fire Island, dated 10 q.
H., SAYS: The steamer Scotia lies In the
same position as she did yesterday and
seems we'll up on the beach. The steamer
Rescue, with a barge in tow, is going up
the bay which indicates that an effort will
be made to unload the Scotia on the shore
and cart the cargo across the beach.
The fact that the Scotia went ashore
within six miles OF the place where the
Wisconsin grounded and within nine miles
of that where the City OfCEicago grounded
at first gave rise to the rumOr that the
Scotia had also been the victim OF the
''strong nOrtherly current which the
Captain of the Wisconsin said had puzzled
him when the vessel grounded. lnvestlga-
ton OF the matter at that time seemed 10
give some weight to the idea. 1t Is well
known that the ordinary sweep OF the cur
rent along the southern shore OF Long Is
land is to the southwest. About 30 miles
along the shore east of Fire Island light
there is. however, u set to the northward
Obliquely along the beach during ebb tide.
After sOutherly blows this nOrthcrly set ~
OF considerable strength.
Lieutenant COttman. who has charge OF
the photographic Office, says that the
currents along the south shore OF Long
Island are never TO I've exactly placed. 1t
is thought that the frequent grounding al
of vessels there this winter will induce the
Government to carefully investigate the
matter.
A dispatch from Blue Point this after
noon says: At ten o'clock this morning
the vessel WAS reported leaking ut the rate
of an inch an hour, hut the steam plugs
were in constant operation. Shortly after
ten o'clock the wrecking vessel succeeded
in getting some of the perishable cargo
into one of the bargeS and III tow OF a
steamboat it was taken into Fire Island
Inlet.
The greatest excitement prevails. The
shore is crowded with people, the majority
of whom have evidently come from New
York and other points TO meet their
friends. Many others have come through
curiosity. The excitement among the
passengerS still ON board the Scotia seems
Ia have ahatcd somewhat. Az seen
through telescopes they present a loreIorn
and bedraggled appearance.